The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-29
the enthusiastic writer when she wrote the
OsYKA, PIKE Co, Mo-, Feb. 20, 1861,
The Hon. jefferson Darts. President of the

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OsYKA, PIKE Co, Mo-, Feb. 20, 1861
The Hon. jefferson Darts, President of the
Beloped Southern Congress-.
Being daughter of the South, take the
liberty in sending you a model of a flag
which | only hope may be received with
warm feelings The white ground is an EN-
blem of innocence; the blue ring lasting
love; the centre, red; on which is placed a
cross, represents a Christian nation; the
crescent over the cross is our Southern Con-
federacy and the green star represent the
seven States, and as all these are placed in a
ring they represent one Union in the South
ern Confederacy never TO be broken. The
name have chosen is the United Southern
Banner
Please excuse the great liberty have
taken in writing to you, but, like Gen.
Washington, you are now looked upon as
the father of the South, and / know viii
excuse all the liberties the Southern daugh-
ters take.
May God bless the Southern Confederacy.
and whichever model is taken for a banner
may his rich blessings ever rest upon it, is
the sincere wish of Mrs. -
The women of the Southern Confederacy
were as strong in the support of the govern
ment as the men. They contributed to it
by every form of self-sacrifice, and the tales
Of their heroism would make fortune for
Il NOVELIST.
From these designs and hundreds of others
the committee finally made a report for
flag. This report was read on March 5,
1851, and after long preamble it stated
that the flag of the Confederate States of
America should consist of rcd field with a
white space running horizontal to the centre
equal to one-third the width of the flag.
The Union was 10 be blue and was to ex-
tend through the upper red stripe and white
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circle of white stars in number as many as
the States in the Confederacy. When the
report was read four designs of this flag,
made of cotton cambria and of full size,
were hung upon the walls of the conven-
ton at Montgomery. The convention
adopted them, and thus the Stars and Bars"
were born.
Two hours afterwards the ladies of Mont
gomery had made the first Confederate flag.
1t was of merino, and was run up over the
State House at Montgomery and loudly
cheered. The Stars and Bars were not, how
ever, q success as a battle flag.
Gen. Joe Johnston tells me that it was to
much like the Stars and Stripes, and that
tho two could not be distinguished from each
other in the fighting Gen. Beauregard says
that after the battle of Bull Run many
persons of both armies thought thattthe other
side had put up the enemies flag as a decoy,
and after This Johnston and Beauregard de
cidec TO adopt a new battle flag. Johnston
at first wanted each regiment TO use its
State colorS, but this was found impractical
able and another flag was chosen, and in this
think Gen. Joe Johnston had something to
do with the invention of the design. The de-
sign as settled upon by him and Beauregard
became the battle flag of the Confederacy,
and it was afterwards adopted as such by
the Confederate Congress at Richmond
This flag is known as the Southern Cross
II had a red field, with two wide blue bars
running diagonally from one corner to the
other, and on these bars were white or gold
stars equal in number TO the States Of the
Confederacy. This was really the flag Of
the Confederacy, and il has more right to
the name then the Stars and Bars. "A de-
sign similar TO il was presented 10 the Mont
gomery Convention by William Porcher
Miles, and there is such design in this old
scrap book The Stars and Bars, however.
got the preference. They became known
the country over as the Confederate fac.
and they will probably go into history as
such.
A learned EXCHANGE declares that uCsbr;s